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Old 07-01-08, 10:38 AM
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That segment on the Black ... yea I've had that 3 - 4 AM driving feeling ... it's a GREAT feeling; but I usually have them before I've gotten home . Yea, no one on the road, windows down music low or off is best because then all you hear is the night and your car ... mmm - I think I may want one of these 2nite/2moro

How about the amount of HP in the Audi? holy goat! I guess Audi needs to make a point that they're here to stay and that they can play with the big boys (out of the three I would probably lease the audi my self)
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Old 07-01-08, 11:46 AM
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Originally Posted by RXSF
episode2 wasnt that great. maybe i wasnt as interested in the cars
Top Gear before season 8 ish...was all like that,

a show about cars...



then they got it into their heads about doing silly things (which of course hugely boosted ratings) but made some loyal viewers a little unhappy at the "loss" of the original revised "format"
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Old 07-01-08, 12:06 PM
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just imagine that V10 in R8... (which this combination is coming)
that will definitely make the new R8 a super car for sure
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Old 07-01-08, 09:38 PM
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The RS6 Avant awesome.

Plus the CLK Black Series is quite appealing.

One thing I love raw cars but I am a tree hugger lol
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Anyone else seen this? This MIGHT actually be the last season with these three presenters:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2247...ring-show.html
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Old 07-07-08, 01:24 PM
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Wilman commented on the rumors:

http://www.topgear.com/blogs/planett...2-tgtv-update/
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Old 07-07-08, 02:39 PM
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it will never the be the end of james may and richard hammond in top gear
thats just rumours and nothing but bollocks at it

btw this week's top gear is out
it was funny having the 3 cars blocking the rest... (i wont go into detail to spoil it until you watched it)

funny but i still liked last week's CLK Black segment better
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Old 07-07-08, 04:10 PM
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Originally Posted by UberNoob
it will never the be the end of james may and richard hammond in top gear
thats just rumours and nothing but bollocks at it

btw this week's top gear is out
it was funny having the 3 cars blocking the rest... (i wont go into detail to spoil it until you watched it)

funny but i still liked last week's CLK Black segment better
Same here. Just about every single part of that review was perfect from the cinematography, scenery, music, car, review. I just love the passion that Jeremy puts into the reviews of cars he really likes.
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Old 07-10-08, 10:35 AM
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ok i watched (a little late but i had a midterm)

i thought that lambo coulda made a run for it through the oppening if he had timed it rite ... but then again, what if he did and go smacked by an old alpha eep

and oh man ... can i just say: i've decided i want a bently! that Brooklands was just awesome! but i wonder, if the walkie-talkie doesn't get a signal ... what about your phone? can you imagine your blackberry NOT getting a signal because you're in your car? haha

... there was a thread around a while back about what would you put in your ideal garage and i can safely that i would put a bently coupe along side the lambo
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Old 07-14-08, 12:01 AM
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yay i watched early this week ... i'll try not to spoil anything

i thought the alfa was pretty cool looking (wish they'd done a better job on the car functions of it tho)

the race made me UNexcited about the gt-r ... yes, less excited
- the best part was when jeremy got stuck behind an altezza wagon

and holy cow was it ever raining there this week! all the track footage was absolutely soggy ... i wish the star-in-a-reasonably-priced-car laps had been on the dry, i think those two could have had fairly decent times actually (or at least one of them)

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Old 07-14-08, 01:23 AM
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oh man that alfa was beautiful? yeah gtr wasnt that excited, but dont forget they didnt do the power test yet, that will come later this season.
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Old 07-14-08, 10:55 AM
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although they didnt truly showcase the GT-R in this episode, i felt the race was quite exciting and funny

overall im just tired of seeing the GT-R because now im thinking, so what if it is faster than a 911 turbo... it is never as beautiful nor does it have a soul

its as if the GT-R and the Alfa 8C are on different ends of the "soul" spectrum
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oh my god.


can we say epic episode?
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Old 07-14-08, 11:56 AM
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i agree
the episode was well packed with great material and presented in world class cinematography
the stars segment was amusing too
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excellent episode. Best of the season so far.
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